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Species Staphylococcus borealis
Name: Staphylococcus borealis Pain et al. 2020
Etymology: bo.re.a’lis. L. masc. adj. borealis, related to the North, boreal
Type strain: 51-48; CCUG 73747; CECT 30011
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
MT586030
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Pain M, Wolden R, Jaen-Luchoro D, Salva-Serra F, Iglesias BP, Karlsson R, Klingenberg C, Cavanagh JP. Staphylococcus borealis sp. nov., isolated from human skin and blood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6067-6078. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4656.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
Parent taxon: Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Pain M, Wolden R, Jaen-Luchoro D, Salva-Serra F, Iglesias BP, Karlsson R, Klingenberg C, Cavanagh JP. Staphylococcus borealis sp. nov., isolated from human skin and blood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6067-6078.
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Record number: 14689
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